Archive for November, 2008

29 Nov

Reflections on a bad news week

The drama of the Islamist hostage assault in Mumbai that has been unfolding over the past few days has been quite surreal.  As the bad news filtered through Synagogues around the world across Shabbat, the severity of yet another callous attack on innocent victims became ready apparant. Jewgle Perth, in solidarity with Jews around the world, [...]

27 Nov

On the other hand

While the SMH and West Australian journalists opted for the aforementioned Boogie scoop and only gave a superficial appraisal of the political situation in Israel, not all jounalists on the sponsored journalists program failed to realise exactly who is to blame for the tension in the region.  This excellent article appeared in the Australian newspaper, and has [...]

24 Nov

Boogie is buggered by the Australian press

Both the Sydney Morning Herald and the West Australian (front page) ran articles today about the supposed ambitions of General Moshe Yaalon (“boogie”), the new Likud recruit, to engage a targeted assasination plan against Iraninan President Ahmadinejad.  Of course the General claims to have been misquoted. What is interesting and ironic is that the Israel Ministry [...]

23 Nov

Top Ten

Here are the top ten reasons why the Jewish community of Perth is having a great weekend 1)  Bnei Akiva rocked Noranda Shule 2)  AUJS Foam party 3)  Perth Yeshivah shiurim have started 4)  Maccabi Carnival Pool Party 5)  Bnei Akiva BBQ at Trigg Beach 6)  Fremantle Chamber Orchestra with Daniel Kossov 7)  Weddings and [...]

20 Nov

Ian Britza, new WA State Member for Morley

From Ian Britza’s recent maiden speech in the WA Legislative Assembly (note the reference to Israel): …When I won the seat of Morley, I knew that the people did not know me and the vote was primarily against the previous government….they did not know where I came from, what I was like, what I believe, [...]

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